Live Blog: Parliamentary Elections In Ukraine

The cat can barely handle the suspense. A larger photo gallery is on the Radio Svoboda site [LINK]

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich: "It is very important for each voter who takes part in the election today to take a responsible decision. I've voted for stability, the economic development of Ukraine, and for our people to live better."

Here is where our Ukrainian Svc has correspondents today:

RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports: A district administrative court has banned the holding of rallies in the center of Kyiv until November 12.

The press service of the "Coalition of Participants of the Orange Revolution," a Ukrainian NGO says:

"The Court, considering the potential conflicts between organizations with opposite views, citing a presidential decree banning rallies in Kyiv downtown, decided to prohibit the holding of any events (except ones held by the state) until November 12."

Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter Evgenia votes in Dnipropetrovsk:

After voting, here's what she had to say: "Today I've voted for freedom of my mother, for freedom of political prisoners, for justice, and for our country returning to democracy so we will not wake up tomorrow in a concentration camp or in jail. These elections cannot be considered fair just because of one single fact that main opposition leaders were not even registered."​

Robust security presence in the streets of Kyiv

Чому не можна протестувати на майдані? - Аось чому! #вибори2012#elect_ua #вибори instagr.am/p/RUogs8R8Iw/

— andrii bashtovyi (@nomoreanry) October 28, 2012

Congratulations!

I just voted for the first time! :P #ukraine #вибори2012 instagr.am/p/RUoZd8gbpz/

— YaroslavKryzhanivsky (@Yarumil) October 28, 2012

It is possible to watch the voting live on webcams installed in the voting stations.

Find a precinct and watch as people vote here. However, the website requires you to login.

If you've been waiting for the Reuters "Ukrainians go to the polls" video, here it is.

#Ukraine will elect 450 new parliament members today, but there's only 389 women running for a seat compared to 2720 male candidates

— Natalie Novick (@GenderPolitics) October 28, 2012